Waistband



M. moms AND c. KAUFMANN.

WAISTBAND.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29. 1920.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

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Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

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MAX THOMAS, 0F BRIGHTON BEACH, AND CHARLES KAUFMANN, 0F SPRINGFIELD, NEW YORK.

WAISTBAN D.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

Application filed. June 29, 1920. Serial No. 392,782.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, MAX THOMAS and CHARLES KAUFMANN, both citizens of the United States, the former residing in Brighton Beach, L. I., in the county of Queens and State of New York, and the latter residing in Springfield, L. I., in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVaistbands, of which the following is a full, clear, and concise description.

Our invention relates to waistbands for trousers and similar garments and admits of service upon waistbands generally, but is especially adapted for use upon waistbands provided with button-holes for enabling the waistband to be buttoned upon the body or jacket of the wearer.

Our invention contemplates a number of distinct objects, among which are the following:

I. To give the waistband suitable form and construction to present a multiple thickness of cloth as a durable and firm foundation for each buttonhole.

II. To render the button-holes, and the buttons when in immediate association therewith, more readily accessible from each of two different directions; that is, right and left, in order to enable the wearer or other person to use either hand for buttoning or unbuttoning the waistband.

III. To save labor, by eliminating the necessity for a number of sewing operations, and particularly by enabling a single continuous and simple sewing operation to suffice for the waistband.

IV. To enable the waistband and parts immediately associated therewith to be made up of a minimum number of pieces of cloth, and in some instances to enable the waistband as a whole to be formed from, and integral with, the same piece or'pieces of cloth of which the garment is made.

V. To give the waistband such form and arrangement as to enable the manufacturer of the trousers or other garment to readily make the waistband as an incident to the manufacture of the garment, thus rendering the manufacturer independent of other. manufacturers who make and sell waistbands.

VI. To enable one form of our waistband to be made up and sold separately from the trousers or other garment, this form of waistband having a number of special advantages.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like letters indicate like parts throughout the several figures, we show two representative forms of our invention.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan showing the inside of the front half of a pair of trousers provided with one form of our invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan of one of the main sections of cloth used in the structure appearing in Fig. 1.

Flg. 8 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic section on the line 1- 1 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective of the part appearing in Fig. 2, and indicates the manner in which the same is folded in order to form the waistband.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary plan showing the inside of the rear half of a pair of trousers, provided with another form of our invention, in which the waistband is a member separate from the main portion of the trousers, but secured thereto.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary plan of one of the principal pieces of material incorporated in the structure shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary perspective of a pair of trousers equipped with our invention.

In the form shown in Fig. 1, the two front sections of a pair of trousers appear at 10, 11, and the pocket members at 12, 13.

In Fig. 2 the section 1-1 is shownmore in detail. The section is provided with portions 11 11, the portion 11 being folded backward and the portion 11 being folded relatively to the portion 11. The portion 11 is slitted as indicated in Fig. 2, so as to form tongues 11, 11., 11 and these tongues are provided with portions 11, 11 11, 11 and 11 The material is also slitted so as to form tongues 11 11, and is provided with an edge portion 11 which is adapted to be turned or folded back. The section 10 is exactly like the section 11, with the exception that the two sections are rethrough three thicknesses of cloth.

at 21, 22, and at 23, 24

spectively left and right. The section 10 is provided with an edge portion 1O mating the edge edge portions 10 and 11 cated in Fig. 1 when the are sewed together.

The portion 11 is tucked under the tongue 11, as indicated in Fig. 1. The portions 11 11 of the tongue 11 are tucked under this tongue and caused to overlap, so as to form three thicknesses of cloth. The portions 11- and 11",carried by the tongue ll are tucked under thls tongue.

WVith the pieces thus arranged, the parts as a whole are passed through a double-needle sewing machine, and sewed. by two stitch lines 1 1, 15.

Button-holes are formed at 16, 17, 18, 19, 20.

It will be noted that each of these buttonholes extends through a multiple thickness of cloth. For instance, the button-hole 17 extends through the middle of the tongue 11, and also through each of the portions 11%, 11 Thus the button-hole extends Hence, have a durable and appearing as inditwo sections 10, 11,

the button-holes each firm foundation.

In the form of our device shown in Figs. 6 and 8, two sections of the trousers appear are sections of the waistband, made right and left and mating each other.

The section 24 is shown in detail in Fig.

It is provided with an edge portion 25, rather narrow and adapted to be folded back, as may be understood from Fig. 8.

V The two sections 23, 24, are provided with portions 26, 27, made right and left but otherwise alike, and mating each other.

The section 24 is provided with tongues 28, 29, 30, so arranged as to enable them to be readily formed into members 28, 29 30*, which are thensewed by means of two lines of stitching 31, 32. Thus the waistband is provided withdurable and, firm foundations for the button-holes, which are shown at 31, 32. The edge portion 25 is by the line of stitching 31 held upon the sections 21, 22.

The use of our device will be readily understood from the foregoing explanation.

The wearer of the trousers, or any other person, can readily reach the buttons for either buttoning the trousers upon a jacket or body, or unbuttoning them. The formation of the foundation for the button-hole renders each button-hole and the button associated therewith readily accessible from each of two directions, right and left. The wearer or other operator can therefore use either hand for manipulating the buttons and other partsin immediate association with the buttons.

We call attention to the fact, that while in the form shown in Fig. 6 the waistband is portion 11 above described, the

' the waistband.

It should also be noted in this same connection, that with either form of our invention, that is to' say,

sers or not, the only stitching required for any purpose in connection with the waistband is 'two plain, simpleand straight lines of stitching, and that these are easily applied by means of an ordinary double-needle sewing machine.

It is quite obvious, therefore, that our invention calls for a minimum of labor, in that it reduces all of the stitching to a single passage of the material through a sewing machine of a type in common use.

It is also obvious that our invention is very economical and convenient for the manufacturer.

If he uses the form of our device contemplated by Fig. 1, it enables him to avoid inconvenience and waste in fitting different sizes of trousers with waistbands to match. N o matter how many pairs of trousers he makes up, and no matter what may be the sizes thereof, he necessarily fits each pair of trousers with its appropriate size of waistband. Thus he avoids waste from dead stock in the form of odd sizes of waistbands, or odd sizes of trousers. He also obtains the advantage of being able to work on a little smaller capital, and saves a number of items of expense associated with keeping track of waistbandswhen separate from the trousers. Moreover, the manufacturer avoids delay in obtaining waistbands by purchase.

his is a very important consideration in instances where there is difficulty in getting orders filled. Y 7

Last but not least, the waistband contemplated by Fig. 6 may be made up as an article of manufacture, separated from and independent of the trousers to which it is to be applied.

Fig. 9 gives a general idea of the appearance of our device. While this figure-applies to the form contemplated in Fig. 1, it is equally appropriate for our other form, as in general outer appearance the two forms of our device are quite similar when the device is in actual use.

We do not limit ourselves to the precise form shown, as variations may be made therefrom yet within the scope of our claims.

whether the waistband. be made integral with the cloth of the trou- 1. A device of the character described, comprising a cloth section provided with a portion integral with it and folded back upon it, said portion having a plurality of tongues integral with it, each tongue having two portions tucked under it and overlapped so as to make a foundation having a multiple thickness of cloth, said foundation being provided with a button-hole.

2. A device of the character described, comprisin a cloth section provided with a portion 0 cloth integral with it and having a plurality of tongues, each tongue being further provided with portions overlapped so as to form a durable and firm foundation for a button-hole, said tongues being free of said portions of cloth to permit the insertion of the operators fingers on either side of said button hole.

3. A pair of trousers comprising a cloth section and a waistband integral therewith, said waistband having a portion bent back upon the cloth section and also having a portion cut to form a plurality of tongues, each tongue being provided with extending portions folded under it to form a firm and durable foundation for a button-hole, said tongues, said portion of said waistband and said cloth section being stitched together.

4:. A device of the character described, comprising a cloth member having a portion of cloth integral with it and bent back upon it, said portion having a plurality of tongues each forming a foundation for a buttonhole, said cloth member, said portion and said tongues being inte al, and connected together by two lines o stitching, in order to permit the insertion of the operators fingers on either side of said button hole.

5. In a device of the character described, a single member of cloth having a portion cut to form tongues, each tongue having a portion of it tucked under, and a plurality of lines of stitching each connecting, a tongue with the adjacent portion of the cloth member.

6. As an article of manufacture, a Waistband having a lengthy portion provided at one of its edges with a plurality of tongues extending laterally, each tongue having a pair of oppositely disposed portions tucked under it and forming with it a foundation for a button-hole.

7. A device of the character described, comprising a pair of trousers having a main cloth member and a waistband integral therewith, said waistband having a number of tongues each having a pair of edges one overlapping another and stitching extending through said tongues and through said main cloth member.

8. In a waistband for trousers the combination of a cloth section carrying a member of cloth disposed parallel thereto, said member of cloth being provided with a plurality of tongues of cloth each provided with a button-hole, each tongue being secured to the cloth member by lines of stitching disposed upon opposite sides of the button-hole, in order to enable the wearer or other person to' insert his fingers between the tongue and the cloth member.

MAX THOMAS. CHARLES KAUFMANN. 

